Warm Up: take a couple minutes to answer the following question on page 131 of your spiral Why do you think understanding geography will be important to the study of history? Geography will help explain how some civilizations rose and fell

Warm Up: As you come in, please fill out your planner, sit in your assigned seat, and take a couple minutes to answer the following question on page 131 of your spiral Can humans settle anywhere? Explain

Warm Up: As you come in, please fill out your planner, sit in your assigned seat, and take a couple minutes to think about the following question from yesterday: Can humans settle anywhere? Explain

Warm Up: As you come in, please fill out your planner, sit in your assigned seat, and take a couple minutes to answer the following question on page 131 of your spiral. What is the purpose of the 5 themes of geography? Organize information about a civilization Help us study all the different parts of a civilization

WARM-UP 9-1-2015 If you were moving to a new town, what questions would you ask yourself? Consider each of the 5 themes, write one question for each theme.

Introduction to the World’s Geography The Tools to World History Essential Questions: How does geography affect human settlement? Can humans settle anywhere?

Objective Students will be able to Describe the key features of Earth’s surface Explain the five themes of geography Summarize how humans are affected by their environment

Key Vocabulary Geography- the study of Earth and its people Continent- one of the seven large landmasses of Earth Landform- a naturally formed feature of Earth’s land surface Climate- the pattern of weather conditions in a certain locations over a long period of time Vegetation- the plant life of an area

Build on what YOU know With a partner, complete the following: Describe the perfect place to live? Build on what YOU know

Your Town is part of the world’s geography! What you just described is everything we study in Geography! Your Town is part of the world’s geography!

The study of earth and its people is called Geography Geographers study the land and water that cover Earth. They also study how people live on Earth.

Geography shows the relationship between people and the environment. Geography mixes up the physical and human aspects of our world into one field of study. Geography shows the relationship between people and the environment.

What is a Geographer? Someone who analyzes the Earth from many points of view. OwlTeacher.com

Geographers In their work, geographers are guided by two questions… Where are things located? Why are they there? What is the relationship between the people and their environment.

7 Continents Song

Why do we say “Don’t forget Australia” and Don’t forget Antarctica”

Critical Thinking Why do you think geographers divide Earth into different units, such as continents, for study? These units represent places where the land, water, and people have certain basic features in common.

Warm Up: As you come in, please fill out your planner, sit in your assigned seat, and take a couple minutes to think about the following question from yesterday: What is the purpose of the 5 themes of geography? Organize information about a civilization Help us study all the different parts of a civilization

These themes are Location Place Human-Environment Interaction Movement Region http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIqC79WrpKg&feature=player_embedded#! To find the answers, geographers use five themes to organize information.

The 5 Themes of Geography

1. Location Geographers begin to study a place by finding where it is, or its location. There are two ways to talk about location. Absolute Location Relative Location

Absolute vs. Relative Absolute location describes a place's exact position on Earth. Relative location explains where a place is in relation to other places.

2. Place Place describes what a location is like. All places have - Physical characteristics and - Human characteristics that distinguish them from other places.

Physical vs Human Characteristics Physical Characteristics: landforms(mountains, plains,etc) bodies of water ( oceans, lakes, bays, etc) ecosystems (soil, plants, animals, and climate) Human Characteristics: bridges, roads, buildings, culture and customs, religion, music, food, and language.

3. Region It is a group of places that share a common physical or human characteristic.

Common Physical Features What are their unifying characteristics/features and how do they form and change over time? Common Physical Features The Great Lakes Region is a large area in the U.S. that shares common physical features. Common Human Features Chinatown in San Francisco is unified by a common human feature. It is culture!

ideas are “moved” or communicated around the world. 4. Movement How and why do people, goods and ideas move from place to place? Migration, commuting to work and school and traveling on vacation are human movement. Trade , importing and exporting of products, food and raw materials are movement of goods Cell phones, internet, newspaper, books, television, fax and radio are how ideas are “moved” or communicated around the world.

5. Human- Environment Interaction Describes the relationship between people and their environment. Indonesia Rice Fields Logging in the Amazon How the environment affects people AND how do people affect the environment.

Human-Environment Interaction Human-environment interaction looks at the relationships between people and their environment; how people adapt to the environment and how they change it. How do people depend on the environment? (Example: In ancient times, the annual flooding of the Nile River produced good soil for growing crops.) How do people adapt to the environment? (Example: The ancient Egyptians rebuilt their homes each year, after the annual flooding. As time went on, they built their homes above the flood plain.) How do people modify the environment? (Example: The ancient Egyptians built irrigation ditches to help water the crops. In modern times, Egypt built a dam to control the flood waters of the Nile River.)

Lazy People Randomly Move Home How do I remember this… Location Place Region Movement Human- Environment Interaction Lets make a funny sentence to remember the 5 themes… Lazy People Randomly Move Home

What is the purpose of the 5 themes of geography? Organize information about a civilization Help us study all the different parts of a civilization What is the purpose of the 5 themes of geography?

Critical Thinking What are the 5 themes of geography? Location Place Region Movement Human- Environment Interaction What kinds of features can be included in a geographer’s description of place? Physical Features Human Features Which two geography themes are most concerned with people? Human – Environment Interaction

Make a geography Themes poster Assignment The purpose of this is to understand that the 5 themes of geography relate to peoples every day lives Task: 1. Review the 5 themes of geography 2. With a partner, you are to create a poster that illustrates the 5 themes of geography. 3. You may find or draw your pictures to illustrate each theme. Make a geography Themes poster Assignment

Critical Thinking How does climate affect people’s lives? Affects where and how they live What does it mean to adapt? You make adjustment based on the environment and where you are living How do people adapt to their environment? ie where a coat in cold weather and dress in light in warm weather

Formative Assessment On a separate sheet of paper complete the following task: Describe each of the 5 themes as they relate to your town.

How Environment Affects People Reading Activity

Reading Codes + New information * I know this information ? Confusing P Problem S Solution C Connection X I disagree  I agree V New vocabulary

Critical Thinking Why is using a reading technique such as “reading codes” important to use when looking at different sources within this class? It is an analytical reading strategy that helps students identify and isolate essential information in a text like key terms and claims. Marking a Text requires students to read carefully as they evaluate the importance of ideas in a text. When students read with purpose, their comprehension and retention of essential ideas increases.

Processing- complete on page 5 of your spiral What is the perfect place for human settlement? Respond in an claim/ evidence/ reasoning paragraph Sentence starter that restates the question: The perfect place for humans to settle is_________________. This is the perfect place to settle due ________. Make sure to consider the following in your response as evidence: Continents Landforms 5 Themes Climate Vegetation